Forces of Temptation

"...you slept too long today."

Amid the noise of the child walking away and the flapping sound of the moths chasing the lamp close at hand, Jiang Fang wrapped his arms around his shoulder and whispered softly: "I slept too much. For a long time, the spirit will also be bad.”

Nan Zhou gritted his teeth and relieved the numbness and fatigue that came up from the inside of his body.

He slowly squeezed the uncomfortable airflow out of his teeth, trying not to let out a low groan.

…he was really uncomfortable today.

So after waking up, he just stood at the door, restrained his curiosity about this strange and well-equipped small world, and did not go anywhere.

He didn't even watch Jiang Fang play mahjong.

Nanzhou tried her best to suppress the disordered breathing rhythm.

Jiang Fang also hugged him, and gently stroked his second vertebra—just a finger away from the tooth marks on the back of Nanzhou’s neck.

He pretended not to hear the clear and broken breathing that was passing through his ears.

Nanzhou suspects that Jiang Fang has discovered his secret.

But Jiang Fang did not ask any more, and he had no evidence to support his judgment, so he had to swallow the doubt himself.

When Nan Zhou recovered completely, he took a step back, his expression was calm and calm: "Let's go back."

Jiang Fang did not object: "Okay."

When Jiang Fang and Nan Zhou returned to the room, Li Yinhang had just put down the pen and paper in his hand.

She clipped the pen to her ear, "Hey, you guys are back so soon."

She also thought that with Nanzhou's cat-like attributes, she would wander around the city and go home after midnight.

Jiang Fang smiled and said, "He found me, and we came back together."

Li Yinhang didn't think much about it.

The three sat together and had a small meeting.

As a very self-aware tool person, Li Yinhang has made a simple arrangement of the points, props and levels currently in the hands of everyone.

According to her calculation, Nanzhou's points are 4815 points, level 12, a total of 5 storage compartments can be used, holding A-level props "Countercurrent Clock", B-level props "Ma Liang's Sketchbook".

In addition to two items, he also placed a dagger and a mushroom corpse whose oxygen had not been completely consumed.

After offsetting their food and drink expenses at Douzhuan Casino, Jiang Fang netted 400 points.

Because Jiang Fang finally let go of the bet and bet on almost all the points that Nan Zhou and Li Yinhang had in hand, so after discussion, the 400 points will be used for their consumption in the past few days, and it is public property .

Jiang Fang's points are currently the highest in the "Cube Ark", with a total of 4890 points and a level of 12.

He also has 5 storage compartments to use, and holds the B-level consumable item "The Clown's Secret".

In his storage compartment, there are two items that he redeemed with points before entering the first instance.

Fruit gummies in a small tin tin are worth 10 points, a total of 20 pieces.

Item Description: A must-have product that can supplement high-quality sugar for patients with hypoglycemia.

If exchanging a jar of sugar is something normal people can understand, then Jiang Fang spent 50 points in exchange for another thing, which is beyond the scope.

He brought in an apple sapling.

Item Description: Want a fresh apple? Put it in the storage compartment and try it in the past year.

…God give it a **** year.

In the original game world view of Gravity, farming is also one of the mainstream gameplay, so it is not surprising that the store sells apple saplings.

But this does not prevent Li Yinhang from feeling that Jiang Fang is engaging in performance art.

Li Yinhang's achievements in hugging his thighs are also quite outstanding.

She currently has 4660 points, level 12, and holds a Class B waste item "Ghost Pushing Mill".

After listening to Li Yinhang's summary, Nanzhou was concerned about another thing: "How much is the ranking?"

Li Yinhang took a look at the record he made: "The team...our current ranking is 172nd in the entire server."

Currently, there are 16,800 online players in the China server where they are located.

Team Cube 172.

In terms of personal rankings, Nanzhou is 723rd, Jiangfang is 720th, and Li Yinhang is 888th.

It can be seen that most of the players in the game are struggling for a few thousand points, exhausting their minds for a mouthful of oxygen and a mouthful of food.

They either bite the bullet and go through the level to earn pitiful points, or sell themselves for meager living supplies, or simply bite their teeth and go to the casino to compete for a bicycle that turns into a motorcycle Chance.

But they are online anyway.

Online means alive.

There are many people who are wiped from the ranking sequence in the first level or even the trial level.

For such a result, Li Yinhang couldn't figure it out: "Why is our team ranking so high?"

It stands to reason that the first choice of most normal people after entering the game will be to form a group, not to fight alone, so the number of teams must be considerable.

The maximum number of team members is five.

They are a trio, and they are not dominant in numbers.

The more people there are, shouldn’t the score theoretically be higher?

And, in terms of game counts alone, Ark Cube should even be classified as a rookie.

They just passed a level, why are they so advanced?

After listening to Li Yinhang's confusion, Jiang Fang explained: "Yinhang, you are talking about an ideal state."

Li Yinhang was confused.

Nan Zhou sat beside the bed, traced the stitching of the floor tiles with his toes, and took Jiang Fang's words: "Because the more people in the team, the more opinions, the greater the probability of death, the score The greater the potential for volatility.”

Li Yinhang: "..." Although this statement is simple and rude, she understood it in seconds.

Speaking, Nan Zhou raised his head and said seriously: "So we can't let people die, not one of us."

Looking at Nan Zhou's calm but solemn face, Li Yinhang was inevitably moved.

But before she could say the statement "None of us will die", Jiang Fang took out his beautiful little sugar bowl: "I have sugar , do you want to eat?"

Nan Zhou immediately turned around: "Eat."

Li Yinhang: …Gan.

You should also look at the atmosphere when you eat.

On the other side, Nan Zhou was chewing the gummies at a constant speed, making up the second half of the sentence he didn't finish just now, and successfully dispelling the warm atmosphere that was not left: "Once a person dies, , we will also be dropped.”

He looked at Li Yinhang and said these words, obviously thinking that he and Jiang Fang were still safe.

Li Yinhang thought sadly, the boss is right, I will work hard not to die, not to hold me back.

"Also, Silver Air—"

Here, Nan Zhou slightly lengthened the tail, as if to emphasize something important.

Li Yinhang immediately perked up and pricked up his ears.

"Why do you say we are in the top?" Nan Zhou asked sincerely, "Our team is only ranked in the top 100, which is very bad."

Li Yinhang: "...I'm sorry, but I'm too floating."

"Don't worry." Jiang Fang comforted the two, "Let's rest here for a few days."

Nan Zhou and Li Yinhang asked him in unison, "How many days?"

Nanzhou cares about ranking.

Li Yinhang is concerned about the money.

When Jiang Fang could properly handle his emotions, he was still the gentle and good-tempered Jiang Fang.

He smiled: "You don't have to do the task today."

Li Yinhang: "Today is definitely not going to work. You can only check out before 12 noon every day, and today's room rate has been renewed."

Nan Zhou sighed in relief after hearing the words, moved from the side of the bed to the bed, and lay down.

Perceiving his intention, Li Yinhang was a little surprised: "Are you going to sleep again?"

Nanzhou: "Yeah. It's getting dark."

Li Yinhang opened the bedside table: "Let's have something to eat. I went to buy breakfast in the morning. Originally it was 5 points, but I bargained to get 10 points and 3 points..."

Nan Zhou closed his eyes and softly refused: "I'm eating candy."

He didn't like the feeling, but there was nothing he could do.

This is Nanzhou's disease, and there is no cure.

Nan Zhou thought that as long as his wish came true, everything would be better.

However, not long after his head sank into the soft pillow, he suddenly sat up.

Li Yinhang was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Nan Zhou opened his eyes and said, "... pillow."

Jiang Fang: “…Huh?”

Nan Zhou turned around: "There is something under the pillow."

Li Yinhang then remembered that Jiang Fang and Nan Zhou still had a male and male knowledge promotion magazine under their pillows.

When she was about to explain, Jiang Fang had already taken out the magazine from under the pillow.

When he saw the cover, he raised his eyebrows slightly.

Li Yinhang was busy explaining the source of the little yellow book.

Jiang Fang was not really interested, so after listening to the calendar, he put it on the bedside table.

While Li Yinhang was talking, Nan Zhou was always rubbing his temples, but the corner of his eyes fell on the two men on the magazine cover, unable to hide his curiosity.

Probably didn't like this kind of hot-eyed things being placed in a place where they could be seen casually. Nan Zhou took the initiative to take the magazine, put it back under the pillow, and then lay back on his own.

This is just an ordinary episode, and no one takes it to heart.

Nan Zhou did not take the book out of the pillow again.

Next, they rested in the city for three days.

Everything went smoothly and nothing strange happened.

things are up.

During the rest period, Jiang Fang, Nan Zhou and Li Yinhang's human oxygen cylinders ran out one after another.

After they renewed their oxygen balance, they found three vacancies in a nearby cemetery, buried the bodies of the three players in them, and hand-carved three tombstones for them symbolically.

Until now, they only know the first "ghost" they caught, whose real name is Liu Xiao.

They don't know Fatty's real name, and they don't know if Qin Yadong is Qin Yadong.

Of course, they may never know for the rest of their lives.

After burying the three bodies that had accompanied them for some time, Nan Zhou came to the mall page and selected a new level with a face value of 100 points.

This time, they still plan to choose the PVE mode.

Jiang Fang asked Nan Zhou: "Are you sure?"

Nanzhou: "Yeah."

Li Yinhang also agreed and analyzed: "In the PVE mode, it seems that the probability of obtaining items is higher."

This time, Nanzhou's answer was a little late: "…Hmm."

Nanzhou chose PVE, not entirely for points and props.

While hesitating whether to choose PVP and see the difference from PVE, he inexplicably thought of the monk in Tsing Yi who walked barefoot.

Once he thought about his bare feet, singing, chanting for someone, saying goodbye to someone, Nan Zhou didn't really want to fight against other players.

Thinking like this, Nan Zhou clicked the "Use Card" option.

Thousands of brilliance spread, engulfing the three people standing or sitting in the hotel room from head to toe.

【Dear "Cube Ark" team players, hello~】

[Welcome to the dungeon: sand, sand, sand]

[Number of players: 7]

[Dungeon nature: supernatural, campus, role-playing]

【Happy game~】

Nan Zhou listened to the name and nature of the copy announced by the mechanical female voice, thinking, is this school troubled by mice.